/408/ Was It Raining When You Fled Paris? ft. Peter Gourevitch
On the earth-shaking events of the 20th century, through a personal lens. Regular contributor Alex Gourevitch sits down with political scientist Peter Gourevitch to talk about their shared family hi...
30 Apr 20241h 15min
/407/ Beyond Bare Life ft. Dustin Guastella
On saving society from the antisocial-ists. In partnership with Damage magazine. [Patreon Exclusive] Trade unionist and researcher Dustin "Dino" Guastella joins us to talk about the deficiencies o...
26 Apr 202431min
/406/ AufheBonus Bonus (sample)
On Euro censorship + your comments and criticisms. [Patreon Exclusive] We discuss censorship in Brussels and Berlin, and put it in the context of the incorporation of right-populism. How will Euro...
23 Apr 202413min
/405/ Size Queen Nation ft. Christie Offenbacher & Benjamin Fife (sample)
On the Big Hard Dick industry. [Patreon Exclusive] Clinicians and Damage authors & editors, Christie and Benjamin, tell us why the market for penis enlargement and hardness has exploded. What is t...
19 Apr 202423min
/404/ Emotion Sickness: The Politics of Feelings (IV) ft. Catherine Liu (sample)
On melodrama and the bourgeois subject. [Patreon Exclusive] We're back with the next installment of our series on the "emotional turn". Alex talks to Catherine Liu about whether politics is staged...
16 Apr 202430min
/402/ Revolution and Conservatism, e.g. in Mexico ft. Roger Lancaster (sample)
On President AMLO and the rebuilding the working class. [Patreon Exclusive] We continue our discussion with anthropologist Roger Lancaster who has lived and researched in Mexico for decades, on th...
10 Apr 20244min
/403/ Reading Club: Habermas on Social Media (sample)
On A New Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere and Deliberative Politics [Patreon Tier III & IV Exclusive] Continuing our theme of "the intelligentsia & the public," we discuss German cri...
9 Apr 202412min
/401/ Modernity is Very Gay ft. Roger Lancaster
On Mexico, class, and sexuality. We welcome anthropologist Roger Lancaster onto the pod to talk about his new book, The Struggle to Be Gay – in Mexico, for Example. We discuss: How much is be...
2 Apr 20241h 8min
